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Originally Posted by heero_yuy
Just another Labour toff who pretends she isn't.
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Too true - like a lot of her colleagues past and present.
@ Den - I'd go for it mate - you'd do a better job I reckon.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Actually, these arguments were made, Chris, but the public weren't having any of it.
1. Food banks have sprung up of late, but this shows that there are good natured and well meaning people trying to help people less well off than themselves. I'm not convinced, frankly, that the food banks are a reliable indicator that things have got worse.
2. Prices are going up? Have you seen the inflation figures? The reduced price of fuel more than makes up for the increased food prices. This wouldn't have happened under Gordon Brown - remember his fuel price escalator?
3. The zero hours contract issue is a desperate move by Labour to make a problem out of nothing. The vast majority of new jobs are not zero hours contracts and the figures prove it. In any case, such contracts suit those who want flexibility. The Coalition was already on the case to sort out those employers who were abusing it.
4. There is no such thing as the bedroom tax. It is a benefit, and the Conservatives have made no bones about reducing these, which have my full support. This is my money Labour wants to give away. How can it be fair that people on benefits and in council housing can claim this when those renting private accommodation cannot? What the Coalition did was to even up the playing field.
5. As for the debt, of course it's increased. Until the deficit is reduced and becomes a surplus, the debt will continue to increase as well! How can the debt be paid off before the deficit is reduced? It is this economic illiteracy spouted by Labour that has fooled so many. Let us not forget who gave us this deficit and who spent all our money on foolish Labour whims so that we couldn't fund the economic collapse when it came.
Under this Government, you will see the deficit become a surplus just after about three years (or maybe before if we can dispose of our shares in the banks and make a profit sooner rather than later) and the debt will start to come down at last. I had no confidence whatsoever (and nor did the thinking electorate) that Labour could have achieved this, and with the SNP snapping at their asses, spending would have got out of control again and the debt would be massively bigger by the end of this Parliament.
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Originally Posted by alanbjames
I would like to see Diane Abbot back in the running as the last leadership was 2 brothers and her so there wasnt really much choice.
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She's standing for London Mayor apparently. I hope she loses that and becomes Labour leader so we can consign them to more years in the wilderness.